Olympus often publishes updated versions of the manuals when new features have been added to the cameras via a FW update. You can download the most recent version of the manuals for the E-M1 I and II via the following download links:

Today i was finaly able to take some pictures of the beautiful model Ha Ny in a forest south of Munich. I am always looking forward to shooting a new face.

All images were shot with available light only using the E-M1 and the 12-40/2.8 and 75/1.8 lenses with exposure adjusted to the face of the model, i.e. the background was deliberately overexposed. This effect was further enhanced in Photoshop and with RadLab filters.

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Today we planned to visit Uxmal in the morning, stop at Kabah and Labna along the Puuc route and then drive straight on to our hotel in Siho Playa near Champotón to spend the afternoon resting on the beach and swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. But as usual we did not spend the day the way we planned it.

In today's studio session at Stefan Gesell's studio we featured 4 different head dresses by Marén Söhnlein "Maskenzauber & Erlebenskunst". They were all great and it was impossible to pick a favourite. I also got the opportunity to shoot with two new models, Fabi and Anna.

I guess we all felt helpless watching the damage and destruction typhoon Hayian (Yolanda) brought to the Philippines. Donating some money sure helped a bit but i am no Croesus and was looking for a different way to help when i read about Neil Buchan-Grant’s wonderful “Prints for the Philippines” campaign on tumblr.

You may ask yourself why someone using a mFT camera is writing about GAS and FF sensors. Well, today we met at Stefan's studio for a workshop on how to create realistic scars. It was a bit late for Halloween but we had lots of fun and Nadja (Spiegellicht) did a great job teaching. During lunch one of the participating photographers asked for advice regarding an affordable FF camera because he thought his own APS-C model wasn't good enough anymore and he wanted a bigger sensor but had limited budget. I was a bit puzzled because i simply adore his pictures and never assumed he was feeling his gear was not producing good enough quality.

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Last Friday i had the chance to test my latest object of photographic desire: an Olympus OM-D E-M5. I honestly admitt that i was actually less interested in taking pictures than in finding out what the supposedly new sensor can achieve in terms of high ISO and DR, whether it is on par with or better as the E-P3 … AND last but not least who designed it and who builds it.

On Friday evening i actually considered dissassembling the camera, when my friend Catherine called me.
She happens to be a kind of priestress of an ancient and forgotten cult and lives south of Munich in the middle of a beautiful area with lots of forrest, hills and small lakes. Catherine is really something special, not only because at 55 she looks even better than Madonna but also because she has the uncanny ability to learn things by simply touching them (works with human hands too) and she owns a crystal ball that – according to her – sometimes allows her to see the future as well as the present and the past.

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I was a bit puzzled about the different reports regarding the AF capability of the E-P3.
Reason is that i’d never buy this camera for shooting sports and action but now wanted to see if i was able to take some shots of the river surfers at the Munich Eisbach using the kit lens and the mZD 12/2.